The FAA has tapped nine additional colleges and universities to train students to be air traffic controllers. There are now 23 schools chosen by the FAA to participate in the Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) program. The CTI program is part of a broader effort by the agency to recruit, train and hire controllers […]
Wolf Aviation Fund grant proposals due Nov. 15
Each year the Wolf Aviation Fund provides funding for projects that “promote and support general aviation,” including aviation education, public service work, airport outreach and research. Deadline for this year’s proposals is Nov. 15. Projects must fit into the foundation’s seven major program areas, which are: developing public policy and airports; networking and mutual support; […]
Aircraft brokers unite
Aviation has a new alphabet group: the Aircraft Brokers Association International, Inc. (ABAi). Based in Missoula, Mont., ABAi was founded to establish minimum certification standards for aircraft brokers. To accomplish its goal, ABAi has developed a Code of Ethics that all members must embrace in order to maintain membership in the association. Additionally, a computer-based […]
Shell Aviation fuels growth of next generation
Shell Aviation recently contributed $5,500 to the EAA’s Young Eagles program and $2,000 to Able Flight Inc. Funds for the donations come from the proceeds of the “AeroShell Cow T-shirts” offered by AeroShell Lubricants, and from the auction of rides with the AeroShell Aerobatic team at this summer’s AirVenture. “AeroShell strongly believes in the positive […]
Aeronautics program receives wind tunnel from NASA
The Kent State Aeronautics Program in the College of Technology at Ohio’s Kent State University received a wind tunnel from NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland this October. The wind tunnel will be used to support course instruction in the aircraft design, applied flight dynamics and structures courses. It was built by engineers and scientists […]
S.C. installs state-wide ground communications outlets
The state of South Carolina recently penned a contract with Avtech Marketing to install “GroundLink,” a voice-activated Ground Communications Outlet (GCO), in 13 airports across the state. GroundLink dials pre-stored numbers to enable pilots, while on the ground, to talk directly to ATC without leaving the pilot’s seat. This feature offers optimum safety when opening […]
Lycoming donates engines for powerplant training
Lycoming Engines has donated eight engines and engine stands to the Plattsburgh Aeronautical Institute in northern New York, to give the school’s students hands-on piston engine experience during their training. Dennis Racine, Lycoming’s director of marketing and customer leadership, explained: “The future of our industry rests with the next generation of aviators and technicians. The […]
Embry-Riddle teams with Zero Gravity Corp. on weightless flights
Researchers, teachers and students will have access to weightless and variable-gravity conditions under a new agreement between Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Zero Gravity Corp. (Zero-G). Embry-Riddle and Zero-G will work together to integrate weightless flights and space science workshops for K-12 teachers, develop programs for high school and college students, and expand microgravity, lunar gravity […]
Those amazing Tugers and their flying machines
During the latter half of 1941, a little more 300 young men and two women nurses made their way by at least five different ships to Rangoon, Burma, and then by train to an auxiliary British airfield just outside Toungoo, Burma. The men, recently discharged from the U.S. military by special order from the President […]